Research Projects

Tanzanian Trader (Spring 2010 - Spring 2011)
Tanzanian Trader is a game designed for Standard 7 students in Tanzania, Africa.  The game helps students prepare for the standardized national exam students must take to receive their primary school certificate.  The game also helps...read more
Advocacy 2.0 (Spring 2011)
Using social media. Perceiving social media. The future of social media. The “Advocacy 2.0” project is a large survey analysis of individuals currently working with advocacy organizations in the United States. The project aims to...read more
News Media Coverage of City Governments in 2009 (Spring 2010)
This study examined news coverage and commentary about city government by daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, television, cable, radio and citizen journalism sites in 98 metropolitan central cities and 77 suburban cities.  The results show...read more
The Dynamics of Complex Communication Systems (2006-2009)
This project is a collaborative effort with Professor Volker Schneider at the University of Konstanz, Germany.  The three-year project was funded in 2006 by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.  The proposed project aims at...read more
Kitchen Disasters (Spring 2009 - Summer 2009)
In Kitchen Disasters, you play the role of an aspiring restaurant manager trying to advance from a small sandwich shop up to a 5-star gourmet restaurant while dealing with several food safety challenges that stand in your path.  The goal of...read more
Crossroads Village (Spring 2009)
Crossroads Village is a persuasive real time strategy game. The game allows the player to take on the role of a relief organization in dealing with world hunger and other third world crises. In the game, the player manages the relief effort in a...read more
Modeling Dynamic Communications Systems (Fall 2008)
Explores the application of complex evolutionary systems theory to problems of ICT management and governance. read more
Benchmarking the Network Society: Regulation, Investment, and Innovation (Fall 2008)
The project will provide a framework and empirical tools for the assessment of regulatory policy and the development of improved forms of governance for next-generation networks and services. A wealth of data on the status of information and...read more
Achieving Innovative and Reliable Services in Unlicensed Spectrum (Spring 2002)
Three-year collaborative project with the WINLAB at Rutgers University and Eric J. Friedman at Cornell University. Studies voluntary and mandatory governance mechanisms for unlicensed spectrum. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No....read more
Broadband: Benefits and Policy Challenges (Spring 2008)
Report reviews the claims as to the benefits of broadband and develops a framework for the design of public policies towards broadband. Funded by MERIT. Related Publications and Media, Articles, Books, Chapters Bauer, Johannes M. "...read more